Understand factors like demand, supply, demographics, and economic trends.Diversification: Spread your investments across different types of properties, locations, and markets to reduce exposure to risk.Financial Analysis: Conduct comprehensive financial analysis, including assessing potential rental income, expenses, and cash flow projections.

Consider creating your own landing page to collect leads like ML does at homevalues com (ie, buy the domain "NoFLHomeValues.com" and collect info from sellers to do a cma).Finally and most important thing is to READ THE CONTRACT!

We are in a weird spot as the attorney we used created the LLC but never sent us the final Operating Agreement (only the draft without our actual names on the signature lines). 

If the transferor were a foreign taxpayer, and  the Buyer or settlement officer, fail to withhold those funds, they could be held liable for the tax.FIRPTA withholding does include exceptions to the withholding rules.

Variable costs include cleaning, linens, guest amenities, and utilities, with unexpected expenses like guest damage and turnover.

Hi Forrest,Our office is in CA but we can do flip loans in most states including VT!

I just want to do everything possible to make sure I'm protected in every way, including making sure no one could ever go after non real estate assets like my stocks as well. 

The first project was relatively small - 8 units including 3 retail spaces.

I loved the BP Ultimate Beginner's Guide, but I'm also wondering, have any of you created similar documents to help you remember valuable information?

We've also simply created a separate debt instrument to our own LLC with a fixed return and fixed time frame (18 - 24 months) to keep 100% of the equity and not tie that money to the property, but to a UCC on our entity.